What Santas got to do with Christmas?

What Santas got to do with Christmas?
Don't get it! Yankees mixing it up.
Christmas is a religious festive, celebration of the birth of Jesus!
Three kings, Bethlehem etc...
What the hell, Santa's doing Christmas time, flying around in a sled?
In Europe, Santa comes on Dec. 6th bringing gifts to children.
JS


Christmas in Hungary

In Hungary the main Christmas celebrations take place on
Christmas Eve. The evening is called Szent-este or Holy Evening. Before
attending Midnight Mass, families gather around the Christmas tree to
sing carols and open the presents left by Baby Jesus and the angels.

A couple of weeks before Christmas, on December 6th the children
receive a visit from Mikulas or St Nicholas. He arrives wearing the
robes of a bishop, with a red miter on his head, a staff in one hand and
a sack full of small presents in the other. Accompanying him a "Devil"
boy in a black costume, complete with horns and long tail. He holds a
switch made of dry twigs, ready to smack any "naughty" children. Each
child receives a small gift, usually s toy or sweets, from Mikulas.

The presenting of nativity plays is an important part of the
Hungarian Christmas tradition. Performed by groups of children or
adults, these plays are often combined with puppets and are accompanied
by songs and musical instruments and sometimes even dancing.

http://www.santas.net/hungarianchristmas.htm

Protagonist wrote:
What Santas got to do with Christmas?
Don't get it! Yankees mixing it up.

I read somewhere that the tradition started with the publication of the
"T'was the night before Christmas .." thing in the 1860s.

Have not tried to verify that, 'cuz is what it is, now.

Phil

Protagonist wrote:
What Santas got to do with Christmas?
Don't get it! Yankees mixing it up.
Christmas is a religious festive, celebration of the birth of Jesus!
Three kings, Bethlehem etc...
What the hell, Santa's doing Christmas time, flying around in a sled?
In Europe, Santa comes on Dec. 6th bringing gifts to children.


Some info he

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibi...as/santa3.html

Protagonist:
What the hell, Santa's doing Christmas time, flying around in a sled?
In Europe, Santa comes on Dec. 6th bringing gifts to children.

Simple. As an astronomer you should already know this. The rotation of
the earth made it desirable for various nations of the world to agree
on a system of time zones in which there would be a fixed Universal
Time that we could start from, but individual times for various regions
around to world.

It so happens that the time difference between Europe and the USA is 19
days, and that's why, although Santa brings gifts to children in the
USA on the same day he brings them in Europe, it /appears/ to happen 19
days later, which, coincidentally, is Christmas.

Davoud

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Davoud wrote:
Protagonist:

What the hell, Santa's doing Christmas time, flying around in a sled?
In Europe, Santa comes on Dec. 6th bringing gifts to children.


Simple. As an astronomer you should already know this. The rotation of
the earth made it desirable for various nations of the world to agree
on a system of time zones in which there would be a fixed Universal
Time that we could start from, but individual times for various regions
around to world.

It so happens that the time difference between Europe and the USA is 19
days, and that's why, although Santa brings gifts to children in the
USA on the same day he brings them in Europe, it /appears/ to happen 19
days later, which, coincidentally, is Christmas.

Davoud

Surprised, you have not patent your great idea yet!
Any way, time difference between Europe GMT and USA SP, depends where
you live is -8 or -7 hours SP, depends on time saving.

JS

Davoud wrote:
Protagonist:

What the hell, Santa's doing Christmas time, flying around in a sled?
In Europe, Santa comes on Dec. 6th bringing gifts to children.


Simple. As an astronomer you should already know this. The rotation of
the earth made it desirable for various nations of the world to agree
on a system of time zones in which there would be a fixed Universal
Time that we could start from, but individual times for various regions
around to world.

It so happens that the time difference between Europe and the USA is 19
days, and that's why, although Santa brings gifts to children in the
USA on the same day he brings them in Europe, it /appears/ to happen 19
days later, which, coincidentally, is Christmas.


Love it!

"Protagonist" wrote in message . ..
What Santas got to do with Christmas?
Don't get it! Yankees mixing it up.
Christmas is a religious festive, celebration of the birth of Jesus!
Three kings, Bethlehem etc...
What the hell, Santa's doing Christmas time, flying around in a sled?
In Europe, Santa comes on Dec. 6th bringing gifts to children.

It's the fourth quarter. Wassamatta? You got not retail
stocks in your portfolio?

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